An update on roading and flooding from TCDC

Reporter Hauraki Herald

We are now in clean-up mode again after the storm.

There are still various road closures and road works with stop/go traffic management in place across the Coromandel and unfortunately we still have on-going road closures.

NZTA advise “expect delays or avoid the areas if possible”.

Here is the situation at 1pm:

Local road closures:

Tapu-Coroglen - closed due to a slip and likely to be closed for the remainder of the day.
Black Jack Road is open to one lane at approx 1km from SH25 (Kuaotunu side of Blackjack Road Hill) .
Sailors Grave Road - open to one lane 100m south of turnoff on ocean side where a slip has undermined the road - caution is required.
Colville Road open to one lane 1.5km after Papa Aroha motor camp.
Port Charles Road - open to one lane.
Waiomu Valley Rd Ford - open to 4 x 4 vehicles only.
Te Kouma Rd- open to one lane.
Wentworth Valley Rd, Whangamata -is now open.
There is a slip on Purangi Rd that is blocking one lane before the vineyard going into Cooks Beach. Please drive with caution
No other District roads are reported closed.

State Highway network:

SH25 between Thames and Kereta ('Thames Coast Road')- due to multiple slips in this area, the road is closed.
SH25 near to Sailors Grave Road, Pumpkin Hill- due to a washout on this section of the State Highway, stop/go traffic management is now in place. Expect delays or avoid the area if possible.
SH25 2km South Of Blackjack Rd, Kuaotunu - due to a large slip on this section of State Highway the road is closed until further notice.
The slip at Kuaotunu Hill (SH25) is being cleared so the road is now open to one lane with stop/go traffic management in place.
SH25 and SH25A Kopu to Hikuai road - due to slips in the area, stop/go traffic managment is in place. Please drive with caution, expect delays or avoid the area if possible.
SH25 Whitianga to Tairua - due to slips in the area, stop/go traffic managment is in place. Please drive with caution.
For State Highway updates (including Thames Coast Road and Kopu-Hikuai Road) see the NZTA website and follow NZTA Waikato BoP on Facebook.

Emergency water shutdown: 12.15pm - Water is being turned off to carry out urgent repair. Properties affected: Moana Anu Anu Ave, Whangamata. Estimated timeframe: 2 hours.

Kerbside: blue bag rubbish collections couldn’t take place yesterday in Coromandel Town, so have been rescheduled for Saturday. Please have your blue bags out on the kerb by 7:30am, please. See www.tcdc.govt.nz... for the full district Kerbside schedule.

Tide Times:

Thames: Thursday 6 April - High 15:10 3.6m

Whitianga: Thursday 6 April - High 15:06 2.0m

River Levels:

To check current levels see the Waikato Regional Council website www.waikatoregion.govt.nz...